Note 5, 31 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 4)
Reading edition
31. bulla: the well-known ‘boss,’ which contained amulets and the like. Comp. 2, 70.—succinctis: ‘Like cinctutis (Hor., A. P., 50), incinctos (Ov., Fast., 2, 632), in allusion to the cinctus Gabinus, in which primitive dress they (the Lares) were always represented. It was worn over the left shoulder, leaving the right arm free’ (Pretor). Conington renders succinctis, ‘quaint.’